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physiology

[fiz-ee-ol-uh-jee] / ˌfɪz iˈɒl ə dʒi /




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I must confess I had never heard of Alexis Carrel, the French surgeon who in 1912 won the Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026

The core pitch: monitor your physiology like a hawk, take treatments on the cutting edge of science, and boost your odds of a longer, healthier life.

From Barron's • May 21, 2026

“More people want to use them,” said Lauren Colenso-Semple, a muscle physiology researcher and science communication specialist who follows scientific studies of peptides as part of her work.

From Salon • Apr. 4, 2026

According to senior author Isha Jain, PhD, a Gladstone Investigator, core investigator at Arc Institute, and professor of biochemistry at UC San Francisco, the study resolves a longstanding question in physiology.

From Science Daily • Feb. 21, 2026

However, it belongs to the same group of arthropods as the blue crab, has essentially the same physiology, and would presumably suffer the same effects.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson




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